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NOC is allowed to enter 1 men's and 1 women's qualified team in volleyball tournaments and 2 men's and 2 women's qualified teams in beach volleyball tournaments.

==Indoor Volleyball==

===Men===
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|-
!Volleyball Men !! Date !! Host !! Vacancies !! Qualified
|-
|Host nation || - || - || align="center"|1 || {{vb|CHN}}
|-
|[[2007 FIVB Men's World Cup]] || Nov 18 - Dec 2, 2007 || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan]] || align="center"|3 || {{vb|BRA}}<br />{{vb|RUS}}<br /> {{vb|BUL}}
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20080616193416/http://www.cavb.org/competitions/2008/Men%E2%80%99s%20African%20Qualifications/00.html African Olympic Qualification Tournament] || February 3–9, 2008 || {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Durban]] || align="center"|1 || {{vb|EGY}}
|-
|[[2008 FIVB Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournaments#Qualifying 3|Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament]]* || May 31 - Jun 8, 2008 || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]] || align="center"|1 || {{vb|JPN}}
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20080512130607/http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/main_menu/volleyball/world_qualifications/161/165/12016/12036/index_EN.html European Olympic Qualification Tournament] || January 7–13, 2008 || {{flagicon|TUR}} [[İzmir]] || align="center"|1 || {{vb|SRB}}
|-
|[http://www.norceca.org/2008%20Men’s%20Continental%20Olympic%20Qualification.htm North American Olympic Qualification Tournament] || January 6–11, 2008 || {{flagicon|PUR}} [[Caguas]] || align="center"|1 || {{vb|USA}}
|-
|[http://www.feva.org.ar/noticias/muestra_nota.php?categoria=categoria_selecciones_mayores_masculino_noticias&id=440 South American Olympic Qualification Tournament] || January 3–7, 2008 || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Formosa, Argentina|Formosa]] || align="center"|1 || {{vb|VEN}}
|-
|[[2008 FIVB Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournaments#Qualifying 1|World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1]] || May 23–25, 2008 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Düsseldorf]] || align="center"|1 || {{vb|GER}}
|-
|[[2008 FIVB Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournaments#Qualifying 2|World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2]] || May 30 - Jun 1, 2008 || {{flagicon|POR}} [[Espinho, Portugal|Espinho]] || align="center"|1 || {{vb|POL}}
|-
|[[2008 FIVB Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournaments#Qualifying 3|World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3]] || May 31 - Jun 8, 2008 || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]] || align="center"|1 || {{vb|ITA}}
|-
! TOTAL !! colspan="2"| !! '''12''' !!
|}

''* The Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament is combined with the World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3. The winner of the tournament will qualify as the champion of the World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3 while the best Asian team except the winner will qualify as the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament champion.''

====World Cup====
{{further|2007 FIVB Men's World Cup}}

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====African Qualification Tournament====

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|5
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!width="60"|PL
!width="60"|Ratio
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|align=left|{{vb|MOZ}}
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|0.597
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====European Qualification Tournament====

=====Elimination round=====

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!width=200|Team 1
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!width=200|Team 2
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!width=70|2nd leg
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|3&ndash;2
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|align=right|{{vb-rt|GEO}}
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|0&ndash;3
|0&ndash;3
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|align=right|{{vb-rt|AUT}}
|3&ndash;5
|align=left|'''{{vb|SWE}}'''
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|0&ndash;3
|-
|align=right|{{vb-rt|AZE}}
|0&ndash;6
|align=left|'''{{vb|DEN}}'''
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|0&ndash;3
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=====Pre-Qualification Tournaments=====

'''Tournament 1'''

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!width="60"|SL
!width="60"|Ratio
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|align=left|{{vb|FIN}}
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|align=left|{{vb|EST}}
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|2
|6
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!width="60"|SW
!width="60"|SL
!width="60"|Ratio
|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|1
|align=left|{{vb|POL}}
|'''4'''
|2
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|6
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|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|2
|align=left|{{vb|BEL}}
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|align=left|{{vb|DEN}}
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'''Tournament 2'''

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|align=left|{{vb|GER}}
|'''3'''
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|1
|5
|3
|1.667
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|2
|align=left|{{vb|CZE}}
|'''3'''
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|1
|5
|5
|1.000
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|3
|align=left|{{vb|POR}}
|'''3'''
|1
|1
|3
|5
|0.600
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!width="60"|Lost
!width="60"|SW
!width="60"|SL
!width="60"|Ratio
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|align=left|{{vb|FRA}}
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|0
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|3
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|2
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||'''{{vb|GER}}'''|3|{{vb|SWE}}|0
||{{vb|FRA}}|0|'''{{vb|CZE}}'''|3
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||'''{{vb|GER}}'''|3|{{vb|CZE}}|2}}

'''Tournament 3'''

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!width="60"|Won
!width="60"|Lost
!width="60"|SW
!width="60"|SL
!width="60"|Ratio
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|1
|align=left|{{vb|ITA}}
|'''4'''
|2
|0
|6
|2
|3.000
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|2
|align=left|{{vb|CRO}}
|'''3'''
|1
|1
|5
|4
|1.250
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|3
|align=left|{{vb|MNE}}
|'''2'''
|0
|2
|1
|6
|0.167
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!width="60"|SW
!width="60"|SL
!width="60"|Ratio
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|align=left|{{vb|NED}}
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|3
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=====Qualification Tournament=====

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!width="60"|Won
!width="60"|Lost
!width="60"|SW
!width="60"|SL
!width="60"|Ratio
|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|1
|align=left|{{vb|ESP}}
|'''5'''
|2
|1
|7
|7
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|align=left|{{vb|NED}}
|'''5'''
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|1
|6
|6
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|3
|align=left|{{vb|POL}}
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|2
|7
|6
|1.167
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|4
|align=left|{{vb|ITA}}
|'''4'''
|1
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|5
|6
|0.833
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!width="60"|SL
!width="60"|Ratio
|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|1
|align=left|{{vb|SRB}}
|'''5'''
|2
|1
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|4
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|align=left|{{vb|FIN}}
|'''5'''
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|6
|5
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|3
|align=left|{{vb|GER}}
|'''5'''
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|1
|6
|7
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|4
|align=left|{{vb|TUR}}
|'''3'''
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|3
|5
|9
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{{Round4
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====North American Qualification Tournament====

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!width="60"|Won
!width="60"|Lost
!width="60"|PW
!width="60"|PL
!width="60"|Ratio
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|221
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|4
|align=left|{{vb|BAR}}
|'''3'''
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|3
|139
|225
|0.618
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!width="60"|Lost
!width="60"|PW
!width="60"|PL
!width="60"|Ratio
|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|1
|align=left|{{vb|CAN}}
|'''6'''
|3
|0
|246
|194
|1.268
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|2
|align=left|{{vb|CUB}}
|'''5'''
|2
|1
|242
|193
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|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|3
|align=left|{{vb|MEX}}
|'''4'''
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|2
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|1.031
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|4
|align=left|{{vb|TRI}}
|'''3'''
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{{Round8-with third
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||'''{{vb|USA}}'''| |Bye|
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||'''{{vb|CAN}}'''| |Bye|
||'''{{vb|PUR}}'''|3|{{vb|MEX}}|2
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||'''{{vb|USA}}'''|3|{{vb|CUB}}|0
||{{vb|CAN}}|0|'''{{vb|PUR}}'''|3
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||'''{{vb|USA}}'''|3|{{vb|PUR}}|0
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||'''{{vb|CUB}}'''|3|{{vb|CAN}}|1
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====South American Qualification Tournament====

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!width="60"|Won
!width="60"|Lost
!width="60"|PW
!width="60"|PL
!width="60"|Ratio
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|1
|align=left|{{vb|VEN}}
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|233
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|2
|align=left|{{vb|ARG}}
|'''7'''
|3
|1
|309
|244
|1.266
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|3
|align=left|{{vb|PAR}}
|'''6'''
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|2
|301
|334
|0.901
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|4
|align=left|{{vb|CHI}}
|'''5'''
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|3
|278
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|5
|align=left|{{vb|URU}}
|'''4'''
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|4
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====World Qualification Tournaments====
{{further|2008 FIVB Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournaments}}

'''Tournament 1'''

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!width=200|Team
!width=60|Points
!width=60|Won
!width=60|Lost
!width=60|PW
!width=60|PL
!width=60|Ratio
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|align=left|{{vb|GER}}
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|2
|align=left|{{vb|CUB}} 
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|3
|align=left|{{vb|ESP}}
|'''4'''||1||2||284||282||1.007
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|4
|align=left|{{vb|TPE}} 
|'''3'''||0||3||177||248||0.714
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'''Tournament 2'''

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!width=200|Team
!width=60|Points
!width=60|Won
!width=60|Lost
!width=60|PW
!width=60|PL
!width=60|Ratio
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|align=left|{{vb|POL}}
|'''6'''||3||0||226||179||1.263
|- 
|2
|align=left|{{vb|POR}}
|'''5'''||2||1||236||206||1.146
|-
|3
|align=left|{{vb|PUR}}
|'''4'''||1||2||199||236||0.843
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|4
|align=left|{{vb|INA}}
|'''3'''||0||3||185||225||0.822
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'''Tournament 3'''

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!width=25|Rk
!width=200|Team
!width=60|Points
!width=60|Won
!width=60|Lost
!width=60|PW
!width=60|PL
!width=60|Ratio
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|align=left|{{vb|ITA}}
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|2
|align=left|{{vb|JPN}}
|'''13'''||6||1||659||584||1.128
|-
|3
|align=left|{{vb|KOR}} 
|'''11'''||4||3||622||584||1.065
|- 
|4
|align=left|{{vb|ARG}}
|'''11'''||4||3||598||589||1.015
|- 
|5
|align=left|{{vb|AUS}} 
|'''10'''||3||4||522||526||0.992
|-
|6
|align=left|{{vb|IRI}} 
|'''9'''||2||5||597||630||0.948
|-
|7
|align=left|{{vb|ALG}}
|'''9'''||2||5||501||578||0.867
|- 
|8
|align=left|{{vb|THA}} 
|'''7'''||0||7||425||565||0.752
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Japan is counted as The Asian Continental Qualification Tournament Champion since it is the best Asian team except the winner.

===Women===
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|-
!Volleyball Women !! Date !! Host !! Vacancies !! Qualified
|-
|Host nation || - || - || align="center"|1 || {{vbw|CHN}}
|-
|[[2007 FIVB Women's World Cup]] || November 2–16, 2007 || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan]] || align="center"|3 || {{vbw|ITA}} <br> {{vbw|BRA}} <br> {{vbw|USA}}
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20081223115400/http://www.cavb.org/2008/Women%E2%80%99s%20African%20Qualifications/00.html African Olympic Qualification Tournament] || January 22–26, 2008 || {{flagicon|ALG}} [[Blida]] || align="center"|1 || {{vbw|ALG}}
|-
|[[2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament|Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament]]* || May 17–25, 2008 || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]] || align="center"|1 || {{vbw|KAZ}}
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20080526152451/http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/main_menu/volleyball/world_qualifications/161/165/12018/12041/index_EN.html European Olympic Qualification Tournament] || January 15–20, 2008 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia|Halle]] || align="center"|1 || {{vbw|RUS}}
|-
|[http://www.norceca.org/2007%20Women’s%20Continental%20Olympic%20Qualification.htm North American Olympic Qualification Tournament] || December 17–22, 2007 || {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Monterrey]] || align="center"|1 || {{vbw|CUB}}
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20080618092942/http://www.peru.com/deportes/especiales/2008/preolimpicovoleibol/ South American Olympic Qualification Tournament] || January 3–7, 2008 || {{flagicon|PER}} [[Lima]] || align="center"|1 || {{vbw|VEN}}
|-
|[[2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament|World Olympic Qualification Tournament]] || May 17–25, 2008 || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]] || align="center"|3 || {{vbw|POL}} <br> {{vbw|SRB}} <br> {{vbw|JPN}}
|-
! TOTAL !! colspan="2"| !! '''12''' !!
|}

* ''The Asian Olympic qualification tournament and the World Olympic Qualification Tournament are combined into one event. The top 3 teams at the tournament will qualify as the medallists of the World Olympic Qualification Tournament while the best Asian team outside the top 3 will qualify as the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament champion.''

====World Cup====
{{further|2007 FIVB Women's World Cup}}

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!width="200"|Team
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!width="60"|Won
!width="60"|Lost
!width="60"|PW
!width="60"|PL
!width="60"|Ratio
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|1
|align=left| {{vbw|ITA}}
|'''22'''
|11
|0
|858
|604
|1.421
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|2
|align=left| {{vbw|BRA}} 
|'''20'''
|9
|2
|891
|671
|1.328
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|3
|align=left| {{vbw|USA}}
|'''20'''
|9
|2
|940
|821
|1.145
|- 
|4
|align=left| {{vbw|CUB}}
|'''19'''
|8
|3
|1020
|951
|1.073
|-
|5
|align=left| {{vbw|SRB}}
|'''18'''
|7
|4
|910
|866
|1.051
|-
|6
|align=left| {{vbw|POL}}
|'''17'''
|6
|5
|908
|820
|1.107
|- 
|7
|align=left| {{vbw|JPN}}
|'''17'''
|6
|5
|885
|866
|1.022
|-
|8
|align=left| {{vbw|KOR}}
|'''15'''
|4
|7
|825
|848
|0.973
|-
|9
|align=left| {{vbw|DOM}}
|'''14'''
|3
|8
|797
|911
|0.875
|-
|10
|align=left| {{vbw|THA}}
|'''13'''
|2
|9
|784
|924
|0.848
|-
|11
|align=left| {{vbw|PER}}
|'''12'''
|1
|10
|681
|855
|0.796
|-
|12
|align=left| {{vbw|KEN}}
|'''11'''
|0
|11
|498
|860
|0.579
|}

====African Qualification Tournament====

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
!width="25"|Rk
!width="200"|Team
!width="60"|Points
!width="60"|Won
!width="60"|Lost
!width="60"|PW
!width="60"|PL
!width="60"|Ratio
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|1
|align=left|{{vbw|ALG}}
|'''8'''
|4
|0
|322
|201
|1.602
|- 
|2
|align=left|{{vbw|KEN}}
|'''7'''
|3
|1
|274
|216
|1.269
|- 
|3
|align=left|{{vbw|CMR}}
|'''6'''
|2
|2
|279
|280
|0.996
|-
|4
|align=left|{{vbw|SEN}}
|'''5'''
|1
|3
|260
|321
|0.810
|-
|5
|align=left|{{vbw|RSA}}
|'''4'''
|0
|4
|183
|300
|0.610
|}

====European Qualification Tournament====

=====Pre-Qualification Tournaments=====

'''Tournament 1'''

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
!width="25"|Rk
!width="200"|Team
!width="60"|Points
!width="60"|Won
!width="60"|Lost
!width="60"|SW
!width="60"|SL
!width="60"|Ratio
|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|1
|align=left|{{vbw|NED}}
|'''8'''
|4
|0
|12
|1
|12.000
|- 
|2
|align=left|{{vbw|UKR}}
|'''7'''
|3
|1
|9
|4
|2.250
|- 
|3
|align=left|{{vbw|CZE}}
|'''6'''
|2
|2
|7
|8
|0.875
|-
|4
|align=left|{{vbw|AZE}}
|'''5'''
|1
|3
|5
|11
|0.455
|-
|5
|align=left|{{vbw|HUN}}
|'''4'''
|0
|4
|3
|12
|0.250
|}

'''Tournament 2'''

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
!width="25"|Rk
!width="200"|Team
!width="60"|Points
!width="60"|Won
!width="60"|Lost
!width="60"|SW
!width="60"|SL
!width="60"|Ratio
|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|1
|align=left|{{vbw|ROU}}
|'''7'''
|3
|1
|11
|3
|3.667
|- 
|2
|align=left|{{vbw|BUL}}
|'''7'''
|3
|1
|10
|5
|2.000
|- 
|3
|align=left|{{vbw|SVK}}
|'''6'''
|2
|2
|7
|8
|0.875
|-
|4
|align=left|{{vbw|BLR}}
|'''6'''
|2
|2
|6
|7
|0.857
|-
|5
|align=left|{{vbw|BEL}}
|'''4'''
|0
|4
|1
|12
|0.083
|}

'''Tournament 3'''

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
!width="25"|Rk
!width="200"|Team
!width="60"|Points
!width="60"|Won
!width="60"|Lost
!width="60"|SW
!width="60"|SL
!width="60"|Ratio
|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|1
|align=left|{{vbw|TUR}}
|'''8'''
|4
|0
|12
|0
|MAX
|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|2
|align=left|{{vbw|CRO}}
|'''7'''
|3
|1
|9
|4
|2.250
|- 
|3
|align=left|{{vbw|ESP}}
|'''6'''
|2
|2
|7
|6
|1.167
|-
|4
|align=left|{{vbw|FRA}}
|'''5'''
|1
|3
|3
|11
|0.273
|-
|5
|align=left|{{vbw|AUT}}
|'''4'''
|0
|4
|2
|12
|0.167
|}

=====Qualification Tournament=====

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
!width="25"|Rk
!width="200"|Team
!width="60"|Points
!width="60"|Won
!width="60"|Lost
!width="60"|SW
!width="60"|SL
!width="60"|Ratio
|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|1
|align=left|{{vbw|RUS}}
|'''6'''
|3
|0
|9
|2
|4.500
|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|2
|align=left|{{vbw|SRB}}
|'''5'''
|2
|1
|7
|6
|1.167
|- 
|3
|align=left|{{vbw|ROU}}
|'''4'''
|1
|2
|6
|8
|0.750
|-
|4
|align=left|{{vbw|CRO}}
|'''3'''
|0
|3
|3
|9
|0.333
|}

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
!width="25"|Rk
!width="200"|Team
!width="60"|Points
!width="60"|Won
!width="60"|Lost
!width="60"|SW
!width="60"|SL
!width="60"|Ratio
|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|1
|align=left|{{vbw|POL}}
|'''6'''
|3
|0
|9
|4
|2.250
|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|2
|align=left|{{vbw|GER}}
|'''4'''
|1
|2
|6
|6
|1.000
|- 
|3
|align=left|{{vbw|NED}}
|'''4'''
|1
|2
|5
|7
|0.714
|-
|4
|align=left|{{vbw|TUR}}
|'''4'''
|1
|2
|4
|7
|0.571
|}

{{Round4
<!--Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
<!-- semi finals -->
||'''{{vbw|RUS}}'''|3|{{vbw|GER}}|0
||'''{{vbw|POL}}'''|3|{{vbw|SRB}}|1
<!--final -->
||'''{{vbw|RUS}}'''|3|{{vbw|POL}}|2}}

====North American Qualification Tournament====

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
!width="25"|Rk
!width="200"|Team
!width="60"|Points
!width="60"|Won
!width="60"|Lost
!width="60"|PW
!width="60"|PL
!width="60"|Ratio
|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|1
|align=left|{{vbw|CUB}}
|'''4'''
|2
|0
|175
|151
|1.159
|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|2
|align=left|{{vbw|CAN}}
|'''3'''
|1
|1
|172
|182
|0.945
|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|3
|align=left|{{vbw|PUR}}
|'''2'''
|0
|2
|192
|206
|0.932
|}

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
!width="25"|Rk
!width="200"|Team
!width="60"|Points
!width="60"|Won
!width="60"|Lost
!width="60"|PW
!width="60"|PL
!width="60"|Ratio
|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|1
|align=left|{{vbw|DOM}}
|'''4'''
|2
|0
|150
|89
|1.685
|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|2
|align=left|{{vbw|MEX}}
|'''3'''
|1
|1
|128
|116
|1.103
|- bgcolor=lightyellow
|3
|align=left|{{vbw|TRI}}
|'''2'''
|0
|2
|77
|150
|0.513
|}

{{Round8-with third
<!--Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
<!-- quarter finals -->
||'''{{vbw|CUB}}'''| |Bye|
||{{vbw|MEX}}|0|'''{{vbw|PUR}}'''|3
||'''{{vbw|DOM}}'''| |Bye|
||'''{{vbw|CAN}}'''|3|{{vbw|TRI}}|0
<!-- semi finals -->
||'''{{vbw|CUB}}'''|3|{{vbw|PUR}}|0
||{{vbw|DOM}}|0|'''{{vbw|CAN}}'''|3
<!--final -->
||'''{{vb|CUB}}'''|3|{{vb|CAN}}|0
<!--third place -->
||'''{{vb|PUR}}'''|3|{{vb|DOM}}|2
}}

====South American Qualification Tournament====

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
!width="25"|Rk
!width="200"|Team
!width="60"|Points
!width="60"|Won
!width="60"|Lost
!width="60"|PW
!width="60"|PL
!width="60"|Ratio
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|1
|align=left|{{vbw|VEN}}
|'''8'''
|4
|0
|358
|267
|1.341
|- 
|2
|align=left|{{vbw|PER}}
|'''7'''
|3
|1
|334
|214
|1.561
|- 
|3
|align=left|{{vbw|URU}}
|'''6'''
|2
|2
|290
|287
|1.010
|-
|4
|align=left|{{vbw|PAR}}
|'''5'''
|1
|3
|253
|319
|0.793
|-
|5
|align=left|{{vbw|BOL}}
|'''4'''
|0
|4
|216
|364
|0.593
|}

====World Qualification Tournament====
{{further|2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament}}

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#dcdcdc"
!width="25"|Rk
!width="200"|Team
!width="60"|Points
!width="60"|Won
!width="60"|Lost
!width="60"|PW
!width="60"|PL
!width="60"|Ratio
|- bgcolor="ccffcc" 
|1
|align=left|{{vbw|POL}}
|'''13'''
|6
|1
|608
|524
|1.160
|- bgcolor="ccffcc"
|2
|align=left|{{vbw|SRB}}
|'''13'''
|6
|1
|624
|538
|1.160
|- bgcolor="ccffcc"
|3
|align=left|{{vbw|JPN}}
|'''13'''
|6
|1
|684
|619
|1.105
|- 
|4
|align=left|{{vbw|DOM}}
|'''11'''
|4
|3
|577
|554
|1.042
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|5
|align=left|{{vbw|KAZ}}
|'''9'''
|2
|5
|523
|572
|0.914
|- 
|6
|align=left|{{vbw|KOR}}
|'''9'''
|2
|5
|534
|609
|0.877
|-
|7
|align=left|{{vbw|THA}}
|'''8'''
|1
|6
|573
|617
|0.929
|-
|8
|align=left|{{vbw|PUR}}
|'''8'''
|1
|6
|503
|593
|0.848
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Kazakhstan is counted as The Asian Continental Qualification Tournament Champion since it is the best Asian team outside the top 3.

==Beach Volleyball==

===Qualifying criteria===
The main qualifying criteria were the [[FIVB]] Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking lists as of July 21, 2008. It provided a total of 24 pairs in each event. Each NOC was allowed to enter 2 men's and 2 women's qualified teams in beach volleyball tournaments. Each continent and Host nation is guaranteed one entry in each event. If this is not satisfied by the entry selection method, the highest ranking player/pair will be qualified.

===Qualifiers===

====Men====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=20|No.
!width=20|Rank
!width=200|Players
!width=140|NOC
!width=10|
|-
|1
|1
| [[Todd Rogers]] <br> [[Phil Dalhausser]]
|{{flagIOC|USA|2008 Summer}}
|'''C'''
|-
|2
|2
| [[Ricardo Santos (beach volleyball)|Ricardo Santos]] <br> [[Emanuel Rego]]
|{{flagIOC|BRA|2008 Summer}}
|'''C'''
|-
|3
|3
| [[Márcio Araújo (volleyball)|Marcio Araujo]] <br> [[Fabio Luiz Magalhães]]
|{{flagIOC|BRA|2008 Summer}}
| 
|-
|4
|4
| [[Reinder Nummerdor]] <br> [[Richard Schuil]]
|{{flagIOC|NED|2008 Summer}}
|'''C'''
|-
|5
|6 
| [[Xu Linyin]] <br> [[Wu Penggen]]
|{{flagIOC|CHN|2008 Summer}}
|'''HC'''
|-
|6
|7 
| [[Julius Brink]] <br> [[Christoph Dieckmann (beach volleyball)|Christoph Dieckmann]]
|{{flagIOC|GER|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|7
|8 
| [[Dmitri Barsouk]] <br> [[Igor Kolodinsky]]
|{{flagIOC|RUS|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|8
|9
|[[David Klemperer]] <br> [[Eric Koreng]]
|{{flagIOC|GER|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|9
|12
|[[Jake Gibb]] <br> [[Sean Rosenthal]]
|{{flagIOC|USA|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|10
|13
|[[Andrew Schacht]] <br> [[Joshua Slack (beach volleyball)|Joshua Slack]]
|{{flagIOC|AUS|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|11
|14
|[[Pablo Herrera (volleyball player)|Pablo Herrera]] <br> [[Raul Mesa]]
|{{flagIOC|ESP|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|12
|15
|[[Sascha Heyer]] <br> [[Patrick Heuscher]]
|{{flagIOC|SUI|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|13
|16
|[[Martín Conde]] <br> [[Mariano Baracetti]]
|{{flagIOC|ARG|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|14
|17
|[[Kristjan Kais]] <br> [[Rivo Vesik]]
|{{flagIOC|EST|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|15
|18
|[[Clemens Doppler]] <br> [[Peter Gartmayer]]
|{{flagIOC|AUT|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|16
|19
|[[Emiel Boersma]] <br> [[Bram Ronnes]]
|{{flagIOC|NED|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|17
|21
|[[Renato Gomes]] <br> [[Jorge Terceiro]]
|{{flagIOC|GEO|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|18
|22
|[[Jørre Kjemperud]] <br> [[Tarjei Skarlund]]
|{{flagIOC|NOR|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|19
|23
|[[Florian Gosch]] <br> [[Alexander Horst]]
|{{flagIOC|AUT|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|20
|24
|[[Martin Laciga]] <br> [[Jan Schnider]]
|{{flagIOC|SUI|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|21
|25
|[[Aleksandrs Samoilovs]] <br> [[Martins Plavins]]
|{{flagIOC|LAT|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|22
|26
|[[Riccardo Lione]] <br> [[Matteo Varnier]]*
|{{flagIOC|ITA|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|23
|28
|[[Kentaro Asahi]] <br> [[Katsuhiro Shiratori]]
|{{flagIOC|JPN|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|24
|84
| [[Emanuel Fernandes (beach volleyball)|Emanuel Fernandes]] <br> [[Morais Abreu]]
|{{flagIOC|ANG|2008 Summer}}
| '''C'''
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Matteo Varnier is replaced by [[Eugenio Amore]] on the Italian team, because of an injury to Varnier.

H = Host Country Quota
<br>C = Continental Quota

====Women====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=20|No.
!width=20|Rank
!width=200|Players
!width=140|NOC
!width=10|
|-
|1
|1
| [[Kerri Walsh]] <br> [[Misty May-Treanor]]
|{{flagIOC|USA|2008 Summer}}
|'''C'''
|-
|2
|2
| [[Tian Jia]] <br> [[Wang Jie (volleyball)|Wang Jie]]
|{{flagIOC|CHN|2008 Summer}}
|'''HC'''
|-
|3
|3
| [[Juliana Felisberta]] <br> [[Larissa França]]
|{{flagIOC|BRA|2008 Summer}}
|'''C'''
|-
|4
|4
| [[Xue Chen]] <br> [[Zhang Xi (volleyball)|Zhang Xi]]
|{{flagIOC|CHN|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|5
|5
| [[Nicole Branagh]] <br> [[Elaine Youngs]]
|{{flagIOC|USA|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|6
|6
| [[Talita Antunes]] <br> [[Renata Ribeiro]]
|{{flagIOC|BRA|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|7
|9 
| [[Vasso Karadassiou]] <br> [[Vassiliki Arvaniti]]
|{{flagIOC|GRE|2008 Summer}}
|'''C'''
|-
|8
|11
| [[Sara Goller]] <br> [[Laura Ludwig]]
|{{flagIOC|GER|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|9
|12
| [[Stephanie Pohl (beach volleyball)|Stephanie Pohl]] <br> [[Okka Rau]]
|{{flagIOC|GER|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|10
|13
| [[Natalie Cook]] <br> [[Tamsin Barnett]]
|{{flagIOC|AUS|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|11
|16
| [[Nila Håkedal]] <br> [[Ingrid Tørlen]]
|{{flagIOC|NOR|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|12
|20
| [[Kathrine Maaseide]] <br> [[Susanne Glesnes]]
|{{flagIOC|NOR|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|13
|21
| [[Dalixia Fernández]] <br> [[Tamara Larrea]]
|{{flagIOC|CUB|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|14
|23
| [[Doris Schwaiger]] <br> [[Stefanie Schwaiger]]
|{{flagIOC|AUT|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|15
|25
|[[Liesbet Van Breedam]] <br> [[Liesbeth Mouha]]
|{{flagIOC|BEL|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|16
|26
| [[Imara Esteves]] <br> [[Milagros Crespo]]
|{{flagIOC|CUB|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|17
|27
|[[Efthalia Koutroumanidou]] <br> [[Maria Tsiartsiani]]
|{{flagIOC|GRE|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|18
|28
|[[Natalya Uryadova]] <br> [[Alexandra Shiryaeva]]
|{{flagIOC|RUS|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|19
|29
|[[Rebekka Kadijk]] <br> [[Merel Mooren]]
|{{flagIOC|NED|2008 Summer}}
|
|- bgcolor=#FFC0CB
|—
|30
|[[Sara Montagnolli]] <br> [[Sabine Swoboda]]
|{{flagIOC|AUT|2008 Summer}}*
|
|-
|20
|31
|[[Bibiana Candelas]] <br> [[Mayra García]]
|{{flagIOC|MEX|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|21
|32
| [[Mika Teru Saiki]] <br> [[Chiaki Kusuhara]]
|{{flagIOC|JPN|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|22
|33
| [[Cristine Santanna]] <br> [[Andrezza Martins]]
|{{flagIOC|GEO|2008 Summer}}
|
|-
|23
|34
|[[Simone Kuhn]] <br> [[Lea Schwer]]
|{{flagIOC|SUI|2008 Summer}}*
|
|-
|24
|81
| Judith Augoustides <br> [[Vita Nel]]
|{{flagIOC|RSA|2008 Summer}}
| '''C'''
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> [[Austria]]n team [[Sara Montagnolli|Montagnolli]] - [[Sabine Swoboda|Swoboda]] is replaced by the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] team [[Simone Kuhn|Kuhn]] - [[Lea Schwer|Schwer]], because of medical reasons.

<small>H = Host Country Quota
<br>C = Continental Quota</small>

==References==
{{reflist}}
*[http://www.fivb.org Federation Internationale de Volleyball]
*Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualification [http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Rankings/2008/rank_OGmen.asp Men], [http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Rankings/2008/Rank_OGwomen.asp?sm=8 Women]

{{Qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

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